Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Johnson

Kenneth J. Johnson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dynamic virtual private network system and methods
    Patent number: 7818409
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically managing Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in a manner enabling subscriber access to VPN services on an as needed basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Uma Chandrashekhar, Mohamed L. El-Sayed, Kenneth J. Johnson, Andrew R. McGee, Steven H. Richman, S. Rao Vasireddy
  • Dynamic virtual private network system and methods
    Publication number: 20030140131
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically managing Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in a manner enabling subscriber access to VPN services on an as needed basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Uma Chandrashekhar, Mohamed L. El-Sayed, Kenneth J. Johnson, Andrew R. McGee, Steven H. Richman, S. Rao Vasireddy
  • Well production method
    Patent number: 5033550
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the production of methane gas from coalbed methane wells. The apparatus includes a production string having spaced side pocket mandrels supporting gas lift valves and defining with a well casing an annulus in the well running continuously without a packer from a coalbed seam to the wellhead and a lift gas injection line extending through the annulus along the production tubing string and connected into the side pocket mandrel for injecting lift gas into the production tubing string to produce well fluids and lift gas in the tubing string while simultaneously producing coalbed methane gas up the annulus. The method of the invention includes the steps of injecting lift gas through a lift gas injection line to a gas lift valve in a well production tubing string and producing well fluids along with lift gas up the tubing string while producing coalbed methane gas up the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Otis Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Johnson, E. Alan Coats
  • Device for retrieving minnows
    Patent number: 3949510
    Abstract: A device for retrieving minnows individually from a minnow bucket includes a handle and a tubular trap pivotally connected to the handle. The interior of the trap is large enough to accommodate only one minnow, and one of its ends is open so that a minnow will swim into it, while its other end is closed so that the minnow does not swim through the trap. The handle has a gripping portion and two arms which diverge from the gripping portion. The tubular trap is pivotally connected to the arms adjacent the open end of the trap so that when the trap is lifted off the bottom of the bucket, it will assume a vertical deposition with its open end presented upwardly so that the minnow in the trap cannot escape. Retaining means are provided for holding the trap in a compact storage position between the arms of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Johnson